Re: SQL vs DDS

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxx>]

Rob Berendt wrote:
> 
> This still doesn't help me do a CREATE TABLE within STRSQL, and be
> able to prompt for the list of field names does it?

Not sure I understand the question. How would you create a table today
and get that prompting of field names while entering the DDS?


> 
> rbruceh@ibm.net on 08/20/99 07:16:28 PM
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> Rob Berendt wrote:
> >
> > Good point there.  Perhaps they could find a way to integrate SQL with
> > the system database catalog.  You know, all that info that started showing
> > up in those QADB* files.  These are the files that make doing a DSPFFD
> > into a file obsolete.  But then again we might break down into another
> > argument about whether or not to always call the field INVOICE# in all
> > files, and use the PREFIX keyword if necessary,  or name it something
> > different in every file.
> >
> 
> You missed something. The QADB* files ARE linked and live.
> 
> They also exist as standard SQL catalog files. If you create a
> collection in SQL, then you will have a library that contains the
> journal, receivers and a bunch of 'logical' files that are pointed back
> to the full system catalog files that are stored in QSYS2.
> 
> These include such wonder stuff as the COLUMNS, TABLES tables. The views
> in the collection are just logicals that limit the data to the meta-data
> concerning the collection library.
> 
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